Etymology

æsc

Today it means: The name of the Latin script letter Æ/æ. Full definition →

Old English æsċ ← Proto-West Germanic *ask ← Proto-Germanic *askaz
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*Heh₃s-
  2. Proto-Germanic*askaz
  3. Proto-West Germanic*ask
  4. Old Englishæsċ
  5. English todayæsc

Learned borrowing from Old English æsċ. Doublet of ash.

Words from the same roots

Old Englishæsċ all →

ashdashAshlandAshcroftAshbyAshworthAshmoreAshdownAshburyAshbourneashwoodAshurstAxfordAshcottAshdonAshtree

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